fix: remove recursive publish scripts causing double publish in CI

The 'publish' npm scripts in contracts and SDK package.json files
caused npm to recursively call itself during the publish lifecycle:
1. npm publish runs
2. prepack hook runs (build)
3. npm finds 'publish' script and runs it
4. 'publish' script is 'npm publish' → starts whole process again!
5. Second publish fails with 403 (already published)

Removing these scripts allows npm publish to run once without recursion.

Signed-off-by: Miguel_LZPF <[email protected]>

Author: MiguelLZPF

.changeset/fix-recursive-publish.md

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+---
+"@hashgraph/asset-tokenization-contracts": patch
+"@hashgraph/asset-tokenization-sdk": patch
+---
+
+fix: CI workflow improvements for reliable releases
+
+1. **Fixed --ignore pattern in ats.release.yml**: Changed from non-existent
+   `@hashgraph/mass-payout*` to correct `@mass-payout/*` package namespace
+
+2. **Simplified publish trigger in ats.publish.yml**: Changed from
+   `release: published` to `push.tags` for automatic publishing on tag push
+   (no need to manually create GitHub release)
+
+3. **Removed recursive publish scripts**: Removed `"publish": "npm publish"`
+   from contracts and SDK package.json files that caused npm to recursively
+   call itself during publish lifecycle, resulting in 403 errors in CI

packages/ats/contracts/package.json

@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@
     "deploy:hedera:mainnet": "NETWORK=hedera-mainnet npm run deploy",
     "local:hardhat": "npx hardhat node",
     "deploy:hardhat": "npx hardhat run scripts/cli/hardhat.ts",
-    "publish": "npm publish",
     "compile": "npx hardhat compile",
     "compile:traces": "npx hardhat --show-stack-traces compile",
     "compile:force": "npx hardhat compile --force",

packages/ats/sdk/package.json

@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
     "build": "rimraf build && tsc -p tsconfig.json && tsc-alias -p tsconfig.json && tsc -p tsconfig.cjs.json && tsc-alias -p tsconfig.cjs.json",
     "test": "NODE_OPTIONS=--max-old-space-size=16384 npx jest --ci --runInBand --detectOpenHandles --forceExit",
     "clean": "npm run clean:build && npm run clean:cache && npm run clean:coverage",
-    "publish": "npm publish",
     "prepack": "npm run build",
     "clean:build": "npx --yes rimraf build",
     "clean:cache": "npx --yes rimraf cache",